Combined buckle and trace-support



(No Model.)

J. R. SIMSON.

COMBINED BUCKLE AND TRACE SUPPORT.

No. 307,685. `Patr-mined Nov. 4, 1884.

N. PETERS. PrwwLithugmQher. wamngum. n. C.

Nrrnn JOHN R. SIMISON, OF LANCASTER, WISCONSIN.

COMBINED BUCKLE AND TRACE-SUPPORT SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 307,685, dated November 4.-, 1884,

Application filed January 21, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN It. SIMIsON, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at the city of Lancaster, in Grant county, in the State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harnesses, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined buckle andtrace-support; and it consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide acombined buckle and trace-support with a view to simplifying the construction of the harness,whereby the pad-skirt of a harness is reduced to a single strap, and theseveral parts ofthe harness that are fastened to or by the usual traceor tug buckle are made more readily adjustable to different lengths, asoccasion may require.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective ofiny combinedbuckle and traceA supporter detached.

let, trace, and tug-plate attached thereto; Fig.

sired adjustment, and thus secures the strap I in place, 'and holds itat any desired point. The lower end of the strap I forms a billet forthe belly-band.

L represents the trace, which passes through the openings O O, and isprovided with a series of buckle-holes, M, in one of which the stud Fpasses, and thus secures the trace in position in the buckle.

N represents a hametug adjuster which is made otl a metal plate, and isprovided with the stud or buckle holes Q R, the slot P, and the loop Oat its front end, by which it is attached to the .rear end of thehanne-tug. The place of the adjuster is under the end of the trace. Inuse it passes through the openings C C. When arranged at its longestadjustment, the stud G passes through the hole R, and the studs F and Hpass into the slot P.

. By raising the trace from the stud F and drawing it backward, andpassing all three ofthe studs into the slot P, a shorter adjustment isobtained, and by causing the studs Fand H Fig. 2 is a front elevationofthe saine, showing the back-band, bil- 3 is a similar view taken fromthe rear side.

Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section taken on the line .r .c of Fig.2.

A represents the outer frame of the buckle, which is curved, as shown atFig. il. Crossbars B connect the sides'oi' the buckle at a suitabledistance from each of its ends, and thus leave openings or slots C Ctherein. A central bar, D, connect-s the bars B, and thus forms openingsE E in the center of the buckle, between the bar D and thc sides. centerof the bar D, on both sides, projects a stud, F, and from the innersides, at the center of the bars B, project studs G H.

I represents the back-band billet and padskirt formed of a single strap,which passes from the front through the opening Il, passes behind thebar D, and out through the opening E. This strap is provided with aseries of buckle-holes, K, into one of which the rearward extension ofthe stud F passes at any de- From the l l l l only to pass into the slotstill another adjustment can be obtained. The haine-tug adjuster may beattached to the haine-tug by .rivets as well as by the loop O, ifpreferred.

rIlhe advantages gained by my invention are that Iam enabled to make thepadskii't, tracesupportcr, and belly-band billet of a single strap,simplify and cheapen the mode of attachment to the tracebuckle, andprovide an adjustable haine tug, which often serves a very usefulpurpose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and II, the studs projectingabove and below, substantially as described.

2. A buckle having the openings G CE and studs F, G, and H, incombination with the llame-tug adjuster L, the trace, and tracesupport,substantially as described.

.TOH N R. SIMISON. Wi tnesses:

R. A. WATKINs, A. R. BUsHNnLI..

n A buckle having the openings O OE E g and studs F, G,

